Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-27
THE y1ADUCr MATTER.
Tho Ordinance Passed With an
Amendment.

Nothing was gained to the Omaha
Horse Railway company by the delay of
one day, taken on Tuesday night for the
consideration Of the proposed ordinance
granting the company the right to lay
and use double line Of tracks across the
Eleventh street viaduct. The committee,
consisting of Councilmeu Lowry, Good
rich, Manville, Goodman and Bailey, APP
pointed to confer with the street car Off
cials, held meeting yesterday, but made
no progress, and the ordinance was un-
changed when the hour arrived for the
meeting OF the council last night. 1t was
whispered that nine councllmen had
agreed TO vote for the ordinance in the
form presented on Tuesday night, thus
giving the street railway company the
sweeping privileges that seem to be de.
sired. This rumor was discredited, how
ever, when several of the councilmen
who were supposed to be "on the list
were seen to object to the proposed ordi-
nance on the ground that the interests of
the city were not sufficiently guarded
therein. a caucus was held and the fol.
lowing additional section agreed upon, as
section 3:
The tracks over and along said viaduct and
the approaches thereto shall be used by such
other horse railway companies as the mayor
and council shall, by ordinance, grant the
right so to do; upon such terms and con
ditions as may, by ordinance, be prescribed.
The meeting was then called to order,
all of the councilmen being present. The
special committee presented a report rec
ommcnding the passage of the ordinance
with the amendment agreed upon. On
motion of Mr.. Lee the report was laid upon
the table temporarily and called up with
taken up, Mr.. Lee moved an additional
amendment providing that for the first
five years the Omaha Horse Railway
company shall pay an annual rental of
SO, and that thereafter all railroads
using the viaduct shall pay such annual
rental rs may be provided by ordinance.
THIS amendment was agreed upon and
adopted, and II recess of ten minutes
taken to give time for the copying of the
amendment into the ordinance. Mr.. Lee
asked City Attorney Connell to make the
necessary addition.
II object" roarcd Mr. Lowry. ~ OBJ
ject seriously to the city attorney putting
his hands on that ordinance at all"
81 am surprised at any member of the
council objecting to city attorneys S sup
ervlsion of any legal enactment said
Mr.. Lee.
Further crosS.iire was prevented by the
recess and City Clerk Southard wrote the
additional section to the charter. After
the amendment had been duly embodied
in the ordinance, Mr.. Kaspar called for
the opinion of the city attorney upon the
amended measure.
This brought Mr.. Lowry to his feet
with another objection. He said he had
heard enough OF the subject from the
city attorney.
As there seemed to be general desire
for Mr.. Connell's opinion he stated that
the main defects IN the proposed ordl-
nance had been remedied by the amend
ments and that the city's interests were
fairly we'll guarded. He thought an ad-
ditional provision should be made giving
the council the authority to regulate the
running of cars on the vladuct. He was
in favor of being as liberal with corpora
tions as possible, but at the same time
wanted to see the city S interests properly
protected.
the street car company was not clamor-
ing for the passage of the ordinance.
The citizens living south of the tracks
were urging the measure. II had
hoped" he said, vehemently, that the
men who had promised to stay by me on
this measure. 1t is high time that we
put on our coats and go home when the
members change their minds at the die
tation of the press and outsiders. A re-
port has been spread by one man that
was owned. l want to say that
that man Is a liar. l am
not owned by any man or any corpora
ton and l am not afraid of all the press
of the country"
81 am sure you don't mean me-" said
Mr.. Lee at whom Mr.. Lowry seyes, if not
his inslnuations, were cast. 81 said |
would vote for the ordinance if did not
find it Objectionable but | found it so. If
the street car company will not accept
right of way in which the city's interests
are guarded there are other street car
companies ready for organization that
will"
After some further discussion the re-
port of the committee was adopted and
the ordinance passed as amended.
An ordinance ordering the construction
of sewers in sewer district No. 80, was
read and referred to the committee on
sewerage.
A petition of A. J. Poppleton and j.
M. Woolworth asking the council to
vacatc certain streets and alleys in Sui
phur Springs addition for the use of the
Belt railway, was referred to the COM
mittee on grades and grading, after
which MIR. Lees motion to adjourn
right away" was adopted.